Field  

Name  

Year  

India’s first women I.P.S. officer  

Kiran Bedi  

1972  

First female pilot in India  

Sarla Thakral  

1936  

First female train driver in India  

Surekha Yadav  

1988  

First female Rafale pilot in India  

Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh  

2017  

First female prime minister in India  

Indira Gandhi  

1966-1977  

First female president in India  

Pratibha Patel  

2007-2012  

First female chief minister in India  

Sucheta Kriplani  

1963  

First Indian woman to get the Nobel Prize  

Mother Teresa  

1979  

First Woman Chief Justice of India  

Leila Seth  

1991  

First Indian woman to climb the Mt. Everest  

Bachendri Pal  

1984  

First Indian woman to become Miss World  

Miss Reita Faria  

1966  

First woman to get Jnanpith award  

Ashpurna Devi  

1976  

First Indian woman to win a gold in Asian games  

Kamaljeet Kaur Sandhu  

1970